Two women were killed after crashing into a utility pole Monday morning on the Interstate 10 Service Road in Metairie.

The Jefferson Parish Coroner's Office has identified the driver as 24-year-old Madison Comeaux of Metairie and the passenger as 38-year-old Jaclyn St. Romain of Slidell.

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The accident was reported around 7:30 a.m. at South I-10 Service Road near Edenborn Avenue, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said in an update.

Deputies found a 2007 Ford Mustang convertible on its side and wrapped around a utility pole. The driver and the passenger, both women, were pronounced dead at the scene, the Sheriff's Office said.

The Sheriff's Office said the women were extricated from within the vehicle with the help of the Jefferson Parish Fire Department.

Witnesses told the Sheriff's Office that the Mustang got off I-10 after a previous hit-and-run accident on the interstate near the Causeway Boulevard exit ramp, according to a news release.

Clinton Dove says his friend was driving the 2006 Lincoln truck that was hit by Comeaux and Romain in the first accident.

"It could've just been a simple situation. I looked at the bottom of the truck there, and there was no significant damage, whatsoever. There were a couple of scrapes here and there, and that's it. I don't know why this woman attempted to leave in such a rush that she did," Dove said.

Robert Glenn, who works at the 5-Minute Oil Change store on the corner of Edenborn Avenue, said the Mustang drove onto the service road in a westerly direction in a high rate of speed. When the Mustang reached Edenborn Avenue -- traveling against traffic -- it struck a 2016 Volkswagen Jetta, being driven by a Metairie man.

"The speed limit on that sign is 35 miles per hour, but from what I could tell, they were going anywhere from 60 to 100 miles per hour," Glenn said.

Deputies said the Metairie man, who is 54 years old, was attempting to turn south onto Edenborn Avenue when the crash with the Mustang happened.

The Mustang overturned and skidded into the utility pole, the Sheriff's Office said. Officials said the Metairie man was not injured or cited.

LaToya Gordon was jogging along the I-10 Service Road and said she ran out of the way just in time.

"I was really thankful that she didn't hit me. I have four little ones of my own that I would like to go back home to because I just put my kids on a school bus and came for a walk," Gordon said.

Additional details will be released by the Sheriff's Office.

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